General Census of Population and Housing 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Iran, Islamic Rep., 2006

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Reference ID

IRN_2006_PHC_v01_M_v03_A_IPUMS

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Statistical Centre of Iran, Minnesota Population Center

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Ever given birth to live children (IR2006A_0433)

Data file: IRN2006-P-H

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 227

End: 227

Width: 1

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

For women who have codes 1, 2 or 3 in Column 20
[Questions 30-34 were asked of ever married women]

30. Have ever given birth to live-born children?

[] 1 Yes
[] 2 No

Categories

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
8	Unknown
9	NIU (not in universe)

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

27. Have ever given birth to live-born children, Column 30
Fill this column for all the women who have been married at least once, even if they do not have a spouse at the time of enumeration, meaning the women who have codes 1, 2, or 3 in Column 28. Ask them whether they have given birth to a live-born child or not. If the answer is "Yes", write code 1, otherwise code 2.
Note: a live-born child means that it has had one of the expressions of life (crying, flouncing, breathing, etc.), even if it died shortly after birth.

Description

Definition

This variable records whether the respondent's ever gave birth to live children.

Universe

Ever-married females

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility and Mortality Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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